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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 326 — BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS. (continued 2)

John Bostock translation

“Spuma.” He calls it so, because it floats on the surface. See B. xxviii. c. 35. The “acor,” or acrid liquid, which he speaks of, is, no doubt, butter-milk.

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